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Get Recipes from the Internet

    You can use Do-It! to download recipes that other Do-It! users have posted on the Internet.

Important: To do this, first ensure that you are connected to the Internet. If you use a modem and dial-up service, ensure that this is up and going.

From the Recipe window, click on the Internet icon:


This will bring up the Do-It! Recipe Exchange window. Click the Search for Recipes button:


Recipes Search
    Now fill out the information you would like to search for using these three steps:



Step 1)   Enter the text to search for. This could be part of the recipe's title, or an ingredient that you want to look for. For example, if you enter: chicken then you will find all the recipes that have chicken as an ingredient.
Step 2)   Select the Category. You can usually leave this set to Search All Recipe Categories, but if you are getting back too many results, you can narrow them down by specifying a category.
Step 3)   Click the search button. This will go to the internet and search for recipes on the Do-It! recipe exchange site.


Select Recipes to Copy
    After Searching, all recipes that matched your search will be displayed.

You can double click on a recipe to preview it.

When you find a recipe you would like to download, continue with these steps:

Step 4)   Click on the first column of the recipe, (where it says: click to select), to change it to selected:


This will flag the recipe as one you want to download. You can select as many as you like.

Step 5)   Click the Download Selected Recipes button:


All the selected recipes will be downloaded to your computer so that you can view and edit them.


    

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